Comments on: HOWTO launch-prep the Space Shuttlehttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html
Brain candy for Happy MutantsMon, 15 Sep 2014 23:11:17 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157463
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157463Speaking of hidden text that may or may not be a joke – stenciled on the side of the yellow rocket-cone forklift thingy is the word “ROCKETDYKE”
]]>By: strider_mt2khttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157265
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157265Good luck with finding that clue as well.
(Who posts in the comments section of a completely unrelated post to beg others to do research for them, honestly?) Wacky ass internet.

Anyhoo,
I envy these folks for the work they get to do.

I mean how many folks get to drop prepped engines into a working spacecraft?

Those pictures are amazing. I’ll never wonder if sci-fi movies overdesign their spacecraft again.

]]>By: doublethinkhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157277
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157277That crawler is crazy awesome. And look at how shabby Discovery looks in that one shot of it hanging in the sling. It looks like tiles are falling off and the whole thing looks scorched.
]]>By: wdoudhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157278
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157278Kick-ass?!?! This term is way overused on BB. Writers should have more adjectives at their disposal.
]]>By: bcdmhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157279
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157279Of course, Kompressor prefers vitamins. But big machines will do in a pinch.
]]>By: Jeffhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157287
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157287Wdoud: That would be awesome! Awesome to the Max!
]]>By: PukeBazookahttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157291
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157291Space travel is super sweet.
]]>By: Nato Welchhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157547
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157547What do you do in your 501’s?
]]>By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderatorhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-158321
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-158321Unbelievable, I sympathize, but you really couldn’t have been more off-topic, and it sets a bad precedent. Fb, V qvfrzibjryyrq vg — n qnl yngre.

Click on the eyeball next to your comment and send me email describing your problems with the search function. That’ll give me something I can forward to the tech guys.

]]>By: Gurskyhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157302
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157302I love that these are on the BMW sport touring forums. Feels very nineties net.
]]>By: maoinhibitorhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157821
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157821The picture of the woman fitting the shuttle engine looks like it was taken out of a Love and Rockets Mechanix story! What a cool job!
]]>By: airshowfanhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157312
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157312Apparently Florida does not have laws requiring the use of hands-free headsets for talking on your cell phone while driving multi-ton liquid-fuel rocket engines into manned spacecraft… (Look closely at picture above) ;]
]]>By: hellheadhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157315
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157315Really gives you a sense of perspective the picture of her loading those engines.

They look a lot smaller next to the bigger rockets. Enormous.

]]>By: magistahttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157326
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157326I got this passed around in an e-mail some time in late 2007. It really is an inspiring look at the scale of things.

My only real quibble is that it’s not the Vertical Assembly Building, it’s the Vehicle Assembly Building. Where they are assembled vertically, though…

]]>By: dculbersonhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-158862
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-158862@Anon 22: That says “Rocketdyne,” the company that makes the engines. While that is a great name, Rocketdyke is very cool for a completely different reason.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157336
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157336It should be noted that all of these images may also be found at http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/
]]>By: eainhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157337
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157337Anyone notice the warning on the OMS engine in this pic?

The reason I posted here is because I whilst I love BoingBoing I find it impossible to ever find anything that’s been posted here using the search engine. So I’m sorry if I offended you. I did apologise. Twice.

]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157609
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157609There was a Discovery channel type documentary that went into many of these processes from the time it lands to back on the launch pad (most programs only go over the flight time) — i wish i could find it.
]]>By: sabikhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157355
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157355@eain, I suspect that’s not a sense of humour but a real warning…

NASA has had two deaths in 1981 when a group of workers entered an area that was O2-deficient (namely, it was being purged with pure nitrogen).

]]>By: dagoon86http://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-158642
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-158642Wow, those pics are amazing. I should check if there are some pics about space shuttle building in other countries.

]]>By: highjumpmanhttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157631
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157631Awesome! I used to love them shuttles when I was a kid! They were also kinda new back then…
]]>By: Elysianartisthttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157382
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157382Yeeessshhhh….. When the orbiter is hanging from the cable/crane thingie it looks like it could just drop at any second and shatter into lots and lots of little spaceshippy bits.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://boingboing.net/2008/04/03/howto-launchprep-the.html#comment-157393
Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000#comment-157393 wonderful..our space program hinges on a chick
with a ponytail and jeans riding a rocket engine
into place—this is the sort of stuff they should have on the tv news–
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